The men who would be king
Subtitle: an almost epic tale of moguls, movies, and a company called Dreamworks
By: Nicole Laporte
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9780547134703
Description: LaPorte goes behind the hype to reveal how Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg joined forces to create DreamWorks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-474) and index.
Table of contents: title: Starting up. The emperor in August ; The end of magic ; Mr. Spielberg will see you now ; Geffen slept here ; The announcement ; E.T., phone home ; Animated characters ; Live action ; Show me the money ; Culture clash ; The unthinkable occurs ; George in Slovakia, Jeffrey in extremis ; The not so long goodbye; title: Rolling. Of men and mice ; Slaves to the rhythm ; Saving Spielberg ; Bug wars ; Harvey baby; title: Rockin'. Unexpected beauty ; The battle for Oscar ; Nobody's bitch ; Sword fights ; Shreked ; Rock and roll ; Golden glow; title: Close-up. The motorcycle diaries ; Harvey II ; What Sinbad wrought ; Naked in public ; In a snicket ; No white suits! ; The Geffen express; title: Three-way split.